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nicky
Just hatched
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Posts: 46
Location: South Africa |
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I was just wondering how often you should weigh your birds? Is it necessary only at vet visits or when you notive a change in them?
Trego is smaller than the other two brothers/sisters she has - the breeder did think she was female from the beginning.
Im just wondering if I should be monitering her weight - and what to use? |
Thursday August 24, 2006 1:19 pm |
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shirin
Moderator
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7402
Location: Canada, Toronto |
It's always a good idea to monitor your birds' weight, especially if you notice a change. There are scales on the market made especially for birds that you can use. Like the ones here:
http://www.myweigh.com/mediums.....SCALE.html
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Thursday August 24, 2006 1:23 pm |
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nicky
Just hatched
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Posts: 46
Location: South Africa |
Shirin,
I took her to be weighed a few months ago and she weighed 300 odd grams which she said it should be between 300-500.
I know Bunny is around the same age (14 months??) what does she weigh if you dont mind me asking? |
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Thursday August 24, 2006 1:33 pm |
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nicky
Just hatched
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Posts: 46
Location: South Africa |
Sorry, I took her back to the breeder we bought her from to be weighed, who said it should be between 300-500 grams |
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Thursday August 24, 2006 1:35 pm |
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shirin
Moderator
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7402
Location: Canada, Toronto |
Last I weighed Bunny, she weighed 367 g. She looks smaller than most African Greys I've seen, but it's still a normal healthy weight. |
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Thursday August 24, 2006 1:36 pm |
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nicky
Just hatched
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Posts: 46
Location: South Africa |
Ok, Thank You.
If I compare her to her brother, who the owner thinks is male she is 200 grams lighter!
She's my little girl!
Im not sure if I can buy such a nice bird scale in South Africa though. I have one at home I just remembered - I might be able to make it work for weighing her.
Thanks. |
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Thursday August 24, 2006 1:42 pm |
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shirin
Moderator
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7402
Location: Canada, Toronto |
 Yeah, the males are usually a lot bigger!
I think a regular digital scale will work fine  |
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Thursday August 24, 2006 1:45 pm |
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chispleeze
Flier
Joined: 14 Jul 2005
Posts: 475
Location: Upstate NY |
I just weighed Smokey (9 year old female CAG). She weighs 396g. I've always thought she was on the petite side, though of course she's filled out some over the years. Trego is young right? I've seen CAGs as small as TAGs that were still perfectly healthy. Of course I've also seen CAGs much bigger than Smokey. If Trego is healthy otherwise I wouldn't be too concerned about the weight.
Robin |
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Thursday August 24, 2006 3:59 pm |
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Jrmno1
Flying tumbler
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Posts: 2310
Location: Ohio, USA |
Hi,
Like people the weight can very from one bird to the next even if they are the same breed. The thing you need to watch for is a sudden change in weight. That is the best indicator of a serious problem. We weigh all of our birds at lest every month and keep a detail log of everything we do to each bird. If we even think there is a problem then we weigh them first thing. The Vet exam should tell you if they are over weight or under weight, Our vet and the breeded we use check the texture of the brest musicale (sp) to see if they are over weight...
In Short a consent weight is important, what every that weight is for that bird...
John & Carrie |
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Thursday August 24, 2006 6:02 pm |
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shanlung
Just hatched
Joined: 23 Jul 2006
Posts: 33
Location: Planet Earth |
I keep daily records, morning and evening weight, as well as weighing the food taken.
Train the bird to fly or go to the scale.
No hassle, just point to the scale for Yingshiong to fly over to it. Pity he cannot write or he write all that down for me as well
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Sunday October 29, 2006 3:55 pm |
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gedoena
Flutterer
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Posts: 114
Location: Bloomington, Indiana, USA |
We weigh the birds every few days or so. We got a postal scale which works well (at least for our budgies and small conure), since it can measure pretty accurately to the gram, and it was inexpensive.
We just put a treat cup on the scale and set it to zero, then put them on the treat cup and get their weight while they pig out.
This allowed us to notice when the budgies gained a bunch of weight. We just wish we had done this when our little Mucha was apaprently ill... he had gone down to 25 g when we had raced in in to the vet the night he passed away. He had been hiding his symptoms. Who knows, if we had been weighing him we might've known sooner and saved him 
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Monday October 30, 2006 2:28 am |
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